by: Jason
Whitener
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MP3 for Episode 50
Show notes for Episode
#50:
Special anniversary episode!!!
Thanks to all the listeners for one year of great episodes and for all the friendly comments and support.
Also thanks to everyone for their patience with my familys new addition and getting the show out.
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Sponsors:
Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Check out Olive Toast's great mac software at www.olivetoast.com
ForMacEyesOnly Segment:
Michael Potter of the ForMacEyesOnly podcast shows us how to schedule automator apps.
Giveaways!!!
Heres a list of the software licenses that I am giving away for the 50th one year anniversary episode:
(1) SuperDuper Shirtpocket.com
(2) Picturesque Acqualia.com
(2) Forklift Binarynights.com
(1) CSSEdit Macrabbit.com
(1) DeskShade Macrabbit.com
(2) 1Password Agile Web
Solutions
Macbook Podcast Episode #49
by: Jason
Whitener
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Show notes for Episode
#49:
News:
According to Macrumors.com Apple's latest Mac OS X 10.5.3 build (9D29) was released to developers last week. The ongoing developer seeds addressed a number of new bug fixes while we await the final code for release. There had been some hints that this latest build might become the final release for consumers, but we have not heard any further confirmation on that.
The bulk of the changes to the 10.5.3 update appear to include bug and stability issues, but one new Time Machine option was noted by AppleInsider that allows laptop users to initiate Time Machine backups even on battery power. In the current public version (10.5.2), Time Machine backups are suspended while on battery power. The option appears to default to "off" in the latest build.
Apple is continuing to test Mac OS X 10.5.3 with developers, but will be released as a free upgrade to existing Mac OS X 10.5.2 users in the near future.
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Sponsors:
Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Check out Olive Toast's great mac software at www.olivetoast.com
ForMacEyesOnly Segment:
Michael Potter of the ForMacEyesOnly podcast shows us "Whats the Path".
Macbook classroom:
Formatting a Fat 32 drive in Leopard:
1) Go to disk
utility.
2) Click on the partitions tab (Set how many partitions you want
here)
3) Click on "options" and select the GUID partition table.
4) Now go to "Erase" and set the format to "Mac OS Extended
(Journaled) and then erase the
drive.
Free file of the week:
WeatherSnitch:
WeatherSnitch is an application to display weather information in your menu.
Features
include:
- Always available at a glance.
- Five-day forcast.
- Detailed information for each zip code/location.
- Customizable: Update time; multiple ZIP/location codes; different
menu displays; cycle through ZIP codes; support for Growl;
automatic
updating.
Get it HERE
Switching to the Mac with Alexander:
Alexander
shows us some tips for switching from the world of windows to
apple.
Macbook Podcast Episode #48
by: Jason
Whitener
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48
Show notes for Episode
#48:
News:
The new iMacs include faster processors bringing the low end up to 2.4GHz and with the top end reaching 3.06GHz. The high end 24" 3.06GHz iMac also introduces the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS (512MB) video card.
The iMacs also incorporate the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors with 6MB L2 cache and faster 1066 MHz front-side bus (up from 800MHz). Specs are listed below:
20", 2.4GHz, 1GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, ATI
Radeon HD 2400 XT 128MB. $1199
20", 2.6GHz, 2GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive, ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
256MB, $1499
24", 2.8GHz, 2GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive, ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
256MB, $1799
24", 3.06GHz, 2GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
512MB,
$2199
Don't forget to check out the Macbook Podcast widget Download here
Sponsors:
Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Check out Olive Toast's great mac software at www.olivetoast.com
ForMacEyesOnly Segment:
Michael Potter of the ForMacEyesOnly podcast tells us about the spotlight dictionary.
Macbook classroom:
Quoting in mail.app:
Mail.app has a handy feature that lets you only
quote a specific section when replying to an e-mail.
To accomplish this, select the block of text you want to
quote
then click reply and you'll have a new message with only the
selected text quoted
This is great when CC'ing someone without showing them the entire
e-mail--only the part you want them to focus
on.
Free file of the week:
Hotbox:
Hotbox is a background application that allows you to make anything on screen become full screen. Just press a hot key, drag a box around some portion of the screen, and it’ll zoom in on what you selected so that it completely fills your monitor. It works great with internet videos, flash movies, photos, or anything else you want to see big.
Get it HERE
Switching to the Mac with Alexander:
Alexander shows us some tips for switching from
the world of windows to
apple.